WoRMS taxon details
Murexsul spiculus (Houart, 1987)
407901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:407901)
accepted
Species
Muricopsis (Murexsul) spiculus Houart, 1987 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine
(of Muricopsis (Murexsul) spiculus Houart, 1987) Houart, R. (1987). Description of three new muricid gastropods from the south-western Pacific Ocean with comments on new geographical data. <i>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle</i>, ser. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> ser. 4, section A, 8(4): 757-767., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0181-0626/8/757.pdf [details]
Type locality contained in Coral Sea
type locality contained in Coral Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murexsul spiculus (Houart, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407901 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Muricopsis (Murexsul) spiculus Houart, 1987) Houart, R. (1987). Description of three new muricid gastropods from the south-western Pacific Ocean with comments on new geographical data. <i>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle</i>, ser. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> ser. 4, section A, 8(4): 757-767., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0181-0626/8/757.pdf [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 236, pl. 34 figs 7-13 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 236, pl. 34 figs 7-13 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-269) (from synonym Muricopsis (Murexsul) spiculus Houart, 1987)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Muricopsis (Murexsul) spiculus Houart, 1987)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Muricopsis (Murexsul) spiculus Houart, 1987)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
